Rocket carrying a 45 million dollar military satellite explodes during blast off.

[GummyPanties]

Yeah, right... Satellite my ass.

[deathrat]

I saw this in person back when it happened, it was crazy.

[goel]

advanced military equipment and technology, eh?

[Poesidan [GAG]]

Shame. Although having military sattelites makes me kind of paranoid. Shame.

[xxfalconxx]

whoopsy daisy.

[bl4h]

Holy shit. How did they not notice a 17-foot long crack in the booster?

[Bletotum]

[QUOTE=Occlusion;24042085]What.

Also the crack appeared after flight.[/QUOTE]

[alextrooper]

Damn, that sucks!

[florian]

[QUOTE=bl4h;24047515]Holy shit. How did they not notice a 17-foot long crack in the booster?[/QUOTE]

Cracks do not have to be visible. They can be smaller than the eye can see.